Sit back, make sure your lap bars are secure, and enjoy your ride!
I'm a country girl who needed to go explore the world.
Who I Was...
Most folks remember me as a girl who was pretty well rounded in school. I was dabbling in a number of activities which included cheerleading, band, drama, softball, school newspaper, yearbook staff, Hazleton Junior Leadership, and served as the Class of 1996 Historian for four years. I received honors in music on both local and regional levels and graduated with a music grant.
Some may recall picking on me because it was so easy to get a rise out of me. Well...that still holds true...haha. I've always been an emotional girl and always will be and I'm a-okay with that! In high school I was primarily labelled a band geek who was voted most likely to graduate, get married, and start a family. Though I rather enjoyed being a band geek...I think the rest goes to show that my peers didn't really know me at all.
Who I am now...
Well, in 1999 I was crowned Miss Hawaiian Tropic Wilkes-Barre, PA and later competed in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic U.S. Finals in Las Vegas, NV. There, I met celebrity judges such as Gene Simmons, Joey Fatone from NSYNC, David Faustino from Married With Children and William Shatner from Star Trek. At the pageant, I met with modelling agencies that led to moving to Los Angeles to do extra work for TV shows and Movies.
I pretty much packed up two suitcases, had only $200 on me and my Miniature Pinscher, Anabel...and headed out to California. At the time I began dating a senior casting director for Central Casting in Burbak and found great joy in doing extra work for movies and shows. I got to sit on set and have appearances for movies such as Scary Movie, Not A Teen Movie, Big Fat Liar, and so many more that I can't remember. I also had appearances on TV shows, but my favorite was "Charmed" since I had the opportunity to meet my childhood idol, Alyssa Milano.
I soon learned that my casting director boyfriend was a drunk who would never come to bed at night, and so I became lonely and found myself with a cute grip I met on set one day. Of course, In dumping the casting director, I also found myself out of a job. I moved in with my darling, long-haired grip and before you knew it...he had convinced me that the xxx industry was worth a try. Well I'm not the good little girl y'all think I am and so I was hooked in. The industry loved me because I had a "wholesome" good little country girl look vs. what most of the XXX girls look like out here. I signed a contract before to long with Jill Kelly Productions who bought me an $11,000 boob makeover and paid me enough to afford my new car and $1600 a month rent on my apartment in West Los Angeles. I lived right down the street from where O.J. killed his ex-wife in Brentwood. Literally, blocks away! My grip and I broke up...it was mutual...and I started dating a drummer who tours with KISS and Alice Cooper. He made me happy, but I was becoming miserable in the porn industry. I started drinking heavily and put on 40 or so more pounds taking me from 99 lbs to somewhere in the 140's. All in a couple of months time which is not healthy. My new bo went off to tour in Europe for a couple of months and i rarely heard from him. I sunk into a depression and decided to put myself on the dating market, but this time...no screwing around. I told myself if I found someone who truly loved me...I'd give it all up. And I did.
I met Rodney (another daggone drummer) who drums for a band of a friend of mine. I met him at a show they were doing at the Keyclub in Hollywood. I left the industry since my contract had been up one month prior and I was never asked to re-sign a new one. I left no word, just did things as I do best...I disappeared. I moved in with Rodney (my "Hemroid") one week later. We've been together for over five years now and have been engaged for 2 years. I joined Rodney's solo musical project as a background singer and rediscovered my love for music and stage; however, realized the tribulations of working in the entertainment industry with your fiance, and decided to take a break and focus on my own projects. I'm currently learning how to play guitar, still pick up my flute every now and then, and have been singing more than ever.
I just opened my own business in 2006, but it has been a major hassle for several years in working up to the opening of my business. It's finally here though. I own a pet day spa. I've once been asked if that is a fancy way of describing a grooming shop. Well...yes, in a way. But it's not a typical grooming shop. We give blueberry facials, massage therapy, full service grooming...and all without kennels. Pets have their own play area, treats, toys, and relaxation music to chill to. Los Angeles is an entirely different world. Paris Hilton isn't the only one who spoils her dog and dresses her up. I'm guilty of it too and all of my clients are! It's fun, refreshing...I absolutely HATE people and LOVE animals.
I couldn't be any happier professionally. The rest of my life still needs work. There are many reasons why i chose the path I'd chosen and I've got to get to the bottom of them, begin my healing process...and figure out who I am. So those of you who think you know me...you DON'T. And you can't claim to. Because I don't even know who I am. All I do know is that I'm a survivor.